CentralTXRN

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1. Should I complain to the boss?

   CentralTXRN replied to CentralTXRN's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know when you lived in Austin, or where, but seeing as how you did work at Brackenridge you know it is in downtown Austin. I work trauma there and get to deal with all the shootings, stabbings, drive-bys, assaults, and rapes that happen on a...

2. Should I complain to the boss?

   CentralTXRN replied to CentralTXRN's topic in General Nursing

   I really appreciate everyone's suggestions. Hopefully there will be a lot of people coming and going at the same time. I am, however, going to give the stats I pulled to one of the assistant administrators i know. Thanks again for all the advice! ...

3. Should I complain to the boss?

   CentralTXRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Where to begin..... I work at a large trauma hospital in a city of about 1 million people. I worked nights until 1 month ago and always parked in the hospital garage adjacent to the hospital. They take money out of my check every month to pay for t...

4. Nurses allowed to close units of hospital

   CentralTXRN replied to smg's topic in General Nursing

   I work at a Level 2 trauma center and when our floors are 80% full we go on diversion. Walk-ins are informed of extremely long waits and ambulance traffic is diverted to nearby hospitals. The only pt's we take are major trauma. I can't even imagin...

5. New Grad pay scale in Houston

   CentralTXRN replied to luilui_604's topic in Texas

   I work in Austin at Brackenridge. I just finished reading an article that Texas nurses are underpaid by 10% and that Austin nurses are 10% less than that. With the two nursing schools here they can hire a new grad for much less than they will pay a...